Browsing Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences by Author "Ruiters, Gregory"
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Analysis of government compliance in the provision of water and sanitation to rural communities: a case study of Lepelle Nkumpi local municipality, Limpopo province
Mothapo, Raesibe Anna (University of Western Cape, 2020)A persistent challenge facing especially post-apartheid South African rural municipalities is service delivery compliance. Under the guise of scarcity, rural municipalities repeatedly do not comply with legislation, ... -
Bureaucracy, law and power - water allocation for productive use: Policy and implementation, a case study of black emerging farmers in the Breede Gour i t z Water Management Area in theWestern Cape,South Africa, 2005-2017
Williams, Sandra Elizabeth (University of the Western Cape, 2019)This study examines the problems of implementing water allocation policy in the context of the local state bureaucracy as well as the specific experiences of local black emerging farmers in the Breede Gouritz Water ... -
Citizenship, transport and the working poor and unemployed in Khayelitsha since 2010
Jacobs, Kevin (University of the Western Cape, 2022)The largely peaceful, negotiated transition to a political democracy in South Africa was heralded internationally as a modern day miracle. However, the new democratic government also committed itself to equal citizenship, ... -
An exploration of the dynamics and nature of poverty: The case of Khayelitsha, 2010 – 2018
Zuma, Luvuyo (University of the Western Cape, 2022)This mini-thesis explores the various competing understandings of poverty in a local South African setting using Khayelitsha as a case study. The study will then examine which conceptual frameworks are used to examine ... -
Government housing rectification programme and practice in South Africa: A case study of three selected Eastern Cape communities
Sharpley, Gaster Gilbert (University of the Western Cape, 2018)In 1994, democratic South Africa adopted the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). The construction of houses for the poor was framed as a fundamental measure of restoring the dignity of the poor and as a victory ... -
Municipal budget oversight by multiple principals: A case study of the Western Cape province
Khaile, Samuel Thabo (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The transformation of local government in South Africa has established a complex model of multiple principals exercising municipal budget oversight on municipal managers. However, earlier research has not sufficiently ... -
The politics of accountability within the collaboration schools: Measures, processes and emerging issues
Gamedze, Thandiwe Sarah (University of the Western Cape, 2019)At the beginning of 2016, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) initiated a public-private partnership called the Collaboration Schools Pilot Project (CSPP). This pilot targets underperforming schools bringing in ... -
A qualitative exploration of the complexities in agenda-setting and participation processes in sanitation services in Site C, Khayelitsha: 2010-2013
Lonja, Zoliswa Caroline (University of the Western Cape, 2018)"Sanitation is dignity" as the state has proclaimed while water is life. Yet to date, there are families and communities that are still dreaming that one day their dignity will be restored and they will have access to ... -
The social and political construction of policies on adolescent pregnancy and child marriage in Zambia (1964-2018)
Zgambo, Timalizge (University of the Western Cape, 2022)This thesis explores the social and political construction of adolescent pregnancy and child marriage policy and practices in Zambia between the nation's birth in 1964 and 2018 using a social constructionist approach. This ... -
Towards a pro-poor service-centred public service: The case of delivery to indigents in two Western Cape municipalities: attitudes, practices and policies among municipal officials
du Plessis, Belinda (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The problems of the predispositions of municipal public officials and the professionalization of the public service have in the recent past come into the spotlight in service delivery protests involving poor people and ... -
Transferability of policies and organisational practices across public and private health service delivery systems : a case study of selected hospitals in the Eastern Cape : exploring lessons, ambiguities and contradictions
Mpofana, Mziwonke Milton (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Since the advent of South Africa's democracy in 1994 there have been several changes in the policy and legislative arena specifically promoting public-private-partnerships in the health sector. These initiatives have given ... -
Transferability of Policies and Organisational Practices across Public and Private Health Service Delivery Systems: A Case Study of Selected Hospitals in the Eastern Cape: Exploring Lessons, Ambiguities and Contradictions
Mpofana, Mziwonke Milton (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Since the advent of South Africa‘s democracy in 1994 there have been several changes in the policy and legislative arena specifically promoting public-private-partnerships in the health sector. These initiatives have given ... -
Ward politics and angry communities in a Cape Town slum: The case of Imizamo Yethu, 2016 to 2019
Ndoni-Andrews, Nomtha (University of the Western Cape, 2023)The democratic system of the South African Government motivates and engages the citizen to partake in governance at each level and especially at the ward level. Governance in a democratic country is complex because several ...